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Maybe because I'm a Jeep Wrangler guy, or I've ridden motorcycles my entire life, but I wave to people in/on the same mode of transportation as I. I carry that over to cycling. I do not care if you are a clean-shaven roadie, gnarly mountain biker, mesh shorts and old t-shirt hybrid rider, hipster fixie rider, beach cruiser kind of person, back-and-groin-pain-free recumbent rider or BMX fanatic.
I ride, you ride, we ride. Let's be nice! I noticed though, that while out for the past few days that very, very few people waved back. The roadies and tri riders were scowling at their cyclometers most of the time, the mountain bikers weren't out and the beach cruiser crowd (mostly teens) were busy yakking on their Iphones or speaking to each other with interjections of "totes!" when signalling agreement.
What about you? Do you wave to other cyclists? Always? Never? Sometimes? Depends on the other type of bike/cyclist?
I ride, you ride, we ride. Let's be nice! I noticed though, that while out for the past few days that very, very few people waved back. The roadies and tri riders were scowling at their cyclometers most of the time, the mountain bikers weren't out and the beach cruiser crowd (mostly teens) were busy yakking on their Iphones or speaking to each other with interjections of "totes!" when signalling agreement.
What about you? Do you wave to other cyclists? Always? Never? Sometimes? Depends on the other type of bike/cyclist?